Quotes About Growth

I know, too, that our progress has nothing to do with the body, which is the thing that matters least.

This good companionship began to root out the habits which bad companionship had formed, and to bring my thoughts back to the desire of eternal things.

recommend starting with only two to four

You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.

Sand needs heat to be transformed into glass. You can't expect change if you aren't willing to spark that flame yourself.

My future's about trying to be a better man.

Maturity comes when we tend to our inner children and don't inflict them on our partners to care for.

Before we can provide corrective emotional experiences for each other, we must learn how to tend to our own immature parts, to our own reactivity, to our avoidance, our long-suffering frustration. We must master the art of relational mindfulness and retake the reins.

Only after giving up 'the truth' can we learn to speak our truth.

to move beyond some part of you, you must first get to know it and ultimately befriend it.

It's about changing the way you see yourself in relation to your partner so that your life is neither a desert nor a battle.

And the more trauma you sustained as a child, the more compelling you and me becomes.

Dan now has resources that he lacked as that little boy, like the ability to stand up to his wife, to tell Julia the truth and let the chips fall where they may. I call this letting the bad thing happen.

in our reactions, we are not simple passengers. Over time, with training and practice, we can change our responses. We can shift from being reactive individuals to being proactive teammates who, in cooperation with our partner, intentionally shape the transaction between us.

strength is not the absence of vulnerability. Strength is knowing what your weaknesses are and working with them.

changing one's own behavior is a much more promising strategy than insisting on change from the other.

Adolescence is society's permission slip for combining physical maturity with psychological irresponsibility.

One of the main tasks of adolescence is to achieve an identity—not necessarily a knowledge of who we are, but a clarification of the range of what we might become, a set of self-references by which we can make sense of our responses, and justify our decisions and goals.

You teach what you want to learn.

time wasted is not always a waste of time.

No, no, not at all. I'm a professional. If I can't take criticism, how will I ever grow?

Life can be messy. No doubt, a lot of these kids are living proof. But in spite of their anxieties and their angers, At least- They Are trying to live.

Thorns and stings And those such things Just make stronger Our angel wings.

I love my mother as the trees love water and sunshine — she helps me grow, prosper, and reach great heights.